The Havre Blue Pony cross country team competed at the Eastern A Fall Classic in Glendive on Friday. The Blue Pony girls came in 3rd place as a team and the boys 10th.
The first Blue Pony to cross the tape on the girls side was Hailey Gingery doing so with a 19:58.24 good for 10th place individually. The next Havre runner to finish was Ela Harbor with a 21:26.01. Marley Springer had a 21:34.96 finishing 18th individually followed by Gracie Shandorf with a 21:37.37 and 20th. Rounding out the Blue Pony girls was Harper Wendland in 34th place individually with a 22:56.8, Ariel Ost with a 23:01 and 35th place, and finally, Paige Anderson with 40th and 23:20.9.
For the Boys, Mason Gregoire took 18th place individually with a 17:48 to lead the Blue Pony effort. Koby Preputin had a 18:36.6 good for 32nd place individually. Brayden Nimmick clocked a 19:02.1 to take 45th place and Eric Messinger and Wyatt Anderson rounded things out with their 20:35.2 and 22:19.9 respective finishes good for 61st and 66th place.
Up next is the state meet in Missoula on the University of Montana golf course. It will take place on Saturday and runners that clocked a time faster than 25 minutes for boys and 30 minutes for girls in at least one meet this season will be eligible to take part.
